[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I have never posted to this thread, and only started watching AI about 4 weeks ago, but I think it sucks that Anthony got the boot last night. It should have been Vonzel. I don't get where everyone says she has vocal talent....just sounds like screaming to me. And all that bawling.....Paula set that up, asking her how she was doing....from the tone of the question you knew that Paula knew she had had a bad day....dirty pool to my way of thinking. I liked Anthony from the first time I saw him.

Becky

[kevkrom]

I agre with you on Anthony. But if you read the responses on this thread, you'll see intelligent FReepers voting for their favorites (many, many times in some cases), whom they made up their minds to vote for even before the first note was sung on Tuesday. Then you've got the predjudices that fall onto every performance, regardless of if it's true or not... some people never gave Constantine any credit, even on those (few) occassions he did well... Vonzelle gets a bad rap for "screeching" even on songs where she's 100% under control.

I try my hardest to judge each night on its own merits, but it gets a little discouraging when I see posts like "getting ready to dial 100+ times for Carrie" before the night even begins.

[Palladin]

Someone said upthread that Vonzelle's dog died that day and that's why she was crying.

I would think that her family would hold off telling her about the 12 year old mutt's demise until AFTER the completion of the contest.

But what do I know?

[texasflower]

Hi Becky. I'm glad you decided to join us. This is the best thread on FR, thanks to our terrific host, silent_jonny, and all the nice people that are posting here. Even when we disagree, it's still nice and pleasant.

I'm in agreement with you about Anthony. To me, his voice is clearer and more pure.

Vonzell is a cutie, but to me, she's not as good as Anthony.

I liked Scott's voice too.

You are absolutely right about Paula helping "baby V" by asking her about her day. Of course Paula knew and she did that on purpose. Simon helped her too, but not giving her a critique just because she was crying. If she wants to get a "job" as a singer, she's gonna need to learn to set her emotions aside.

Having said that though, I do think Vonzell has a better voice than Bo. Someone earlier on here said Bo is a one trick pony and personally I agree.

But Bo does seem to be a nice guy and I'm glad he has (apparently) gotten over his drug problems.